World Trade Organization members meet in Ottawa today to talk reform

Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/14/2018 - 17:33

Thirteen World Trade Organization members are getting together in Ottawa today for talks meant to be a first step toward fixing the increasingly troubled global trading system.

International Trade Diversification Minister Jim Carr hosted trade officials from Australia, Brazil, Chile, the European Union, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea and Switzerland for a private working dinner Wednesday night.

"I know that the spirit is willing, and there's a lot of creativity that's been put into preparing for this meeting," Carr told reporters Wednesday. These countries value having a rules-based system that's "predictable and certain," he said...

This was excerpted from the 25 October 2018 edition of CBC News.